Hidden charm mesons in nuclear matter and nuclei

Abstract

Recent results for the $\eta_c$- and $J/\psi$-nucleus bound state energies for various nuclei are presented. The attractive potentials for the $\eta_c$ and $J/\psi$ mesons in the nuclear medium originate, respectively, from the in-medium enhanced $DD^{*}$ and $D\bar{D}$ loops in the $\eta_c$ and $J/\psi$ self energies. Our results suggest that the $\eta_c$ and $J/\psi$ mesons should form bound states with all the nuclei considered.